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Pvt Herbert Beaumont

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Pvt Herbert Beaumont Veteran

Birth
Hepworth, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Death
10 Oct 1916 (aged 32)
Burial
Abbeville, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
I. H. 11.
Memorial ID
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BEAUMONT, HERBERT. Private. No 5536. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment,
attached 2/10th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Born 4th quarter of 1894 in Hepworth. Son of Hannah Wibberley and stepson of George Wibberley of Greengate, Holmbridge. Employed as a weaver at Clarence Mills, Holmbridge. Was a playing member of the Holmbridge Football Club. Enlisted March 1916. Embarked for France in July, 1916. Wounded on 27.9.1916 and lay out in No Man’s Land for two days before he was found. Died of gunshot wounds to the chest, 10.10.1916, aged 21 years.

Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row H, Grave 11. ROH:- Holme and Holmbridge War Memorial; Hade Edge War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BEAUMONT, HERBERT. Private. No 5536. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment,
attached 2/10th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Born 4th quarter of 1894 in Hepworth. Son of Hannah Wibberley and stepson of George Wibberley of Greengate, Holmbridge. Employed as a weaver at Clarence Mills, Holmbridge. Was a playing member of the Holmbridge Football Club. Enlisted March 1916. Embarked for France in July, 1916. Wounded on 27.9.1916 and lay out in No Man’s Land for two days before he was found. Died of gunshot wounds to the chest, 10.10.1916, aged 21 years.

Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row H, Grave 11. ROH:- Holme and Holmbridge War Memorial; Hade Edge War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

Gravesite Details

Private, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) attd. 2nd/10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Son of Hannah Wibberley, of Green Gate, Holmbridge, nr. Huddersfield. Age 21.


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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56590533/herbert-beaumont: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Herbert Beaumont (Mar 1884–10 Oct 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56590533, citing Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).